Student recruitment strategies in higher education: Promoting excellence and diversity?

International Journal of Educational Management

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 359-370

  Frølich, Nicoline ^a   Stensaker, Bjørn ^a  

^a NORDIC INSTITUTE FOR STUDIES IN INNOVATION   (Norway)

Author keywords

Higher education; Norway; Recruitment; Students; Universities

Indexed keywords

EID: 77952000470     PISSN: 0951354X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09513541011045281     Document Type: Article

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